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Artist: George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect)

Holy Child Parish School
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect), 1909 (also possibly 1913 or 1915)
* symbol and statue of Jesus
* standing person, cross
* The Archdiocese website listing for the school says it opened in 1909. A catholicphilly.com article about a reunion at the school says it opened in 1913. The philadelphiabuildings.org page for the church mentions an addition to the original church building made in 1915. The same site's page for the school says c. 1928, but there's a picture of it on phillyhistory.org dated 1925.
* Over and under the roof. Just North of and connected to Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish. West side of Broad, North of Duncannon.
* 40.032895,-75.146385 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+olhcatholic.org

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Church of the Holy Child Entrance
George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. (Architect), 1928
* unlabeled (and therefore tenuously identified) statues of David, Jesus, Saint John, Joseph, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Mary, Saint Matthew and Solomon
* standing people, Christian symbols and words, headgear, books and scrolls, staff
* The statues are unlabeled. Mary and Jesus are obvious. I'm guessing that the 4 statues to the left of the Holy Child over the entrance are based on the lineage in Matthew's Gospel and are David, Solomon, Joseph and Mary, and that the 4 to the right are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I have no idea who the additional women around Mary and Jesus are at the top.
* inscription: "Haecest - Domus - Dei - Et - Porta - Coel"
(This is the House of God and the Gate of Heaven)
* Church entrance. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish. West side of Broad, North of Duncannon.
* 40.032625,-75.146375 [map] [nearby]
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+philadelphiabuildings.org's page for the building
+wikipedia.org's David page
+wikipedia.org's Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's John the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Saint Joseph page
+wikipedia.org's Luke the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mark the Evangelist page
+wikipedia.org's Mary, mother of Jesus page
+wikipedia.org's Matthew the Apostle page
+wikipedia.org's Solomon page
+olhcatholic.org

See Also

+philadelphiabuildings.org's George Ignatius Lovatt Sr. page
+wikipedia.org's George I. Lovatt Sr. page